English → Latin
“reverberation” in Latin
resonōto sound or ring again, resound, reecho; call repeatedly; to give back the sound of, resound, reecho withrepercutiōto rebound, reflect; to reverberate, resound
The English word reverberation itself goes back to Latin verberō, through reverberatio.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
reverberation
resonantia (Vitr., 5, 3, 5): sonus relatus (Cic.): vox reddita (Liv.), repercussa (Tac.). There is a reverberation, soni referuntur (Cic., N.D., 2, 57, 144).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for reverberation?
- The usual Latin words for “reverberation” are resonō, repercutiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.